The Sun. — London, England, 1810-09-24 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. LUNDONG.IZETI'E, Sept. 2z, ato. Admiralty .O ce, SPpt. 22, 1810. It,PY of a l etter f rom Si r Ri c h ar d Goodwin i, 4 1 18, K. B. Rear• Admiral of the Red; to John atii " s ° l ), Croker, Esq. ci-itt-d on bArd his Majesty's .18 - T o t . he -I, ll lplacable, iu Cadiz Bay, the 30th August I bave the liQuo.it to be, &c. Sir (S:goed) COCKBURN. =‘ b . G. K • "-,e / dmirnlty-qffice;. Sept. 22, 18 W. tf e oi'y a letter C., In Sir Hun)r Popham, L.ts A.ajtsry's scup Utc Vci,e,dno, addrerstd.L) t 4 t \ •, Implacable, Cadiz Bay, Aug. 3), Om. rh • ipatch No. will have informed th..iir rd 'h , thi s ips of th e sa ili ng o f a n E xpe di t i on - f rom the Port on die evening of the 22d ; I have now ree 11 , "flour to tran s mit t h e - Cory o f a letter'l hate vii e '"d fr om C apta i n G e O rge Cockburne, of this 1)) cic iailing the partiimlars of a descent •and sue -461 rro :attack made on a strong corps of French 4 11 1: i l l :is Posted. at the town of Mogner. The Expe oisotl r eturned into Cadiz yesterday with, a f e w arts n eri and some volunteers for the Spanish ha‘ing . driven the enemy from Mt guer and al; (4 adioiniug_, Coast , with consideroble loss,. end 414, 11 . t, forty killed and wounded on the part of our, tail h • h ave received, Sir, through . hi s Majesty's Mi terplace, the copy of a letter troin his I„ ce ,ileocy M. de Bardaxi, Secretary of State for 4 ; 1 0 4 ' strongly_exPressive of the •setiti tilenqf satisfaction and gratitu&lelt by the 'Coun t . Regency at •the able and . distingni-hed co itaeratit," alF•rdvd Get Oral Lascy on the Expedi in" , bY Captain Cockburne, the officers, and sea ts ohder . Command ; and it becomes my dtty 'nark iO th e swinges' manner how sensibly I feel i t Public service has been beneti:ed by Captain QektAune's-ble, cheerful, and 7. , _:•alons services. nave the honour to b#, &c, (Signed) , It. G. KEATS. • . SIR His Majesty's stpop Casper, in Huelba River, Aug. as, have the honour to inform you, that in pur ki,i,lce tp your orders, I sailed 'from Cadiz on the ~6 5 " t of th e 2 2 d current, w i t h t h e v e sse l s an d b oats the Were pleased to place under my command for Purpose of co-operating with the Spanish ar ti:nlent under the orders of General Lascy. On ni ght of the 23d, being a b o ut four leagues to v:vsOtAthward of th e entrance o f this: piver, I re , ituitintiCin from the General; that he wished la nd with ou t f ur th er l oss o f t i me on the c o ast xie" abreast o f, us, as it would enable him ,to get , t o t; e\ guer (wher e th e F renc h arm y was suppose d to thi co nsiderably sooner than he could do by water; 4s e w hole fleet being accordingly directed to anchor cl °4e to the shore as they could with safety, I 46( ian abut ten ;o'clock to disembark the -troops; t ie . the whol e ofthem, as well as their horses, tn g safely 'landed, b e twe e n one a n d t wo , o'clock, qneral commenced his march, keeping along i t : b each ts ! and beirig art, nded by eleven of our flat' for (under Li eu t. W est phal o f th e I mp l aca ble , ) t he purpose of transporting the army across a ge branch of the river, which (after our landing), Ind extended informed, intersezied the way to Moguer, to u extended a very eons derable distance into* the s er tt l it rY• ThiS .precaution having, however, pre. • th e d ied their being delayed in the slightest degree, kil arnlY got to Metguer (a distance of twenty-t wo 2 ~ •es from th e point o f d e b : - r k at i on ) a b out e l even )3te,ilock ye.terday morning, and theFrencli army t:g there (a. cording t o the ini o r o ation),_ 'the 4 :"'" ids f orgot t h e i r fatigue; and Proceedei im• atta k them.' The French n 1 being Pared tbr suc a visit, were Seorrdriven from the •1" but i aving colletted anti rat ied in the ioeigh- • und, ey attempted to regain u hat th e y had o li t '" 11 (1 their Iron nira:e several desperate atiaciss s 'ie Sp.,tirii a vdne, kite ; bu: being worsted , lev ri•ry attemp t by t ev !!our anJoiteadtriess of the 'ra3ni`ii troop', 'Ley retreited a the close of day-, ii ti-ar, ow ng to their being principally suec-ei in get ing to Seville. General 4 ' s se Y will huvtevrr,' be.;eve, fllow :horn as long Cr 8 ' e , iii enance (it d.stroying them ; and on poisteng them, 4 re.-imhark and. at,tl t4ll to eatitZ, or St. Locar, as circumstances may t h lhe loss of the Spaniards during yesterday was ; hat , the•Feein h has not )et ly-en o"tali'ed; but I haiv ere.l of them l ) log dead ( he field, and about twide e o ' t h em w e re t a k en ' priso ners ho say they were about eleven hundred .ei t „ ng. k The cheet fulpess with which .the Spanish troops 4: i r e the tat of imirching twenty-two miles, after I‘ng a noun: rest 1.,r three truccrssive nights, and ( e. -s toadiness and valour they displayed in the' aC li°ll that ensued, has excited my highest admit-3- 1 1 1 , and made ate inote smotine than ever an the that such people in such a cause must be u!ti b4ttely socce-stuff. Tice inhabitants of this, heigh ti(4lrhood also strew scarcely less enthusiasm titan iermy come to their deliverance, and the man -41"1. winch they , have greet, d our -arriCal amongst 111 sufficiently- proves their attachment to- their pg it iln•%te Gover whew - ; and their det , station t,f . the lieb usurpation. I cannot, Sir, cluse, this ac- Q ) "tit or the transat3iini, of the Spanish army whit- PaYing ngmy humble but sincere tribute-of admi-", ~,— (4l of General Lascy, who has proved himself n I L.,:iny of, cemmanding such inert, and. rippears by 14 coohess, jueigtuent, and active brat ery, to be I:`, e ` hourly adapieu f o r 'such services as that on inch • Is now employed. , is. trir,v, Sir, a pleasant dA m y incumbent on e, aisure you !oat nothing can exct e.l iliegnod UCt of the ofticess and med you have pfaced under i7Y order, ; and I must beg leave particularly to men fu'' to ) t.O the unrernitid assistame I have reeds e.l i ' t to Copiaiti Datite 11, of sloop - , and from Lieu- P i lot WestplilL (ht of the lm i :iacable), who by t ' i k condud service . has .added to the many 4 ,, iu , s he already has to my- particular notice and ` - " , o.etidatiiin. • Admiral Lord Gambier, and transmittbd by his Lordship to :John Wilson Croker, ESQ. MY LORD, His Majesty's Sitip Venerab'e, ()tittle 130(111 - liin, Sept. 19, ) L'Alexandre, a ketch privateer, from Si. Mahies on her first cruize, was captured yesterday t'vening by the Venerable, owing to her being very near on the Clearing of a ft - ig ,Spe is pierced for 16 guns, but bad only. four mounted. She had taken the Peggy schooner, of Bristol, otr the Lands End, ber crew having previously escaped in their boat to the . shore, which Was the reason of the privateer shifting her station (her to the Ea,tward. The Ztnobia joined us during thexhace. I have the honour to be, &c. Signed HOME POPHAM. Admiralty-Office, Sept. 22; 1810. ViCe-Admiral Sir James Saurnarei, Bart. and K.B. has transmitted to John Wilson Crake!, Esq. Wn ieer be had received fry n Rear-Admiral Dixon, with one tronr • Liedt. Robert Strew field, of His Ma jesty's.ship.loy, reporting th e d estru c t i on of two antibh armed I, esi, ott: Lessoe, bytworow-ncyit luggetS, under the direOion of Lieutenant Sireaifid. el and ,Lieut. Stackpo o le, o f the Wilgus, without any loss ull our pat t. Admiralty-Oil - ice, Sept. 22, 1810. The King ba.ing signitie,d to my Lords Commis sioners of the Adintralty his (oval pieaitire that those Pon-Captains of, his, Majesty's navy, 'who bewg Cuinliiisiioncrs of the navy, t ietuatiing, or transport service, may have been pa,sed over• at any,l:'';a B promotion, by Officers junior to themselves being, promoted 4 o . the rank of Rear-Admirals, strati be al lowed to wear the undle , ;s uniform of a Rear-Ad miral of his ,lajesty's Fle%.-1, with the,th-vintioHs 111.1 7 dermentioned, viz. The'epauleltes to be without the star of thoe worn by Rear Admirals,. and in ail re,peats.siotiLir to those worn by Post-Capt4iiis. The buttons to contain the arms of the Navy ditice ; three anchors, or of the Victualling Ottik:e, two anchors crossed saltier wise, or of the Trans port Office, one anchor and one , cannon crossed sal tier wise, as the case m3y be, respeoivelysurrounded With laorel. And also- that those Post-Captains who 'may be Commissioners of the navyokquallitig, or transport service, but from their seniority have not been passed over, shall continue to wear the uniform of their rank without any deviation whatever. . Their Lordsitip hereby give puttee thereof in or der' that the Captains abovementioned may confJrai thereto. J. BARROW. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 22.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Surveillante; Cap , ain Sir GEORGE COLLIER, from the coast of France ; the Friends, COMING; William and Esther, WLLLIAMS.; William and Ann, SLocomst ; GJod Statesman, SWAFFIN ; and Tho mas and William, BROWN, from Waled. Went out ut harbour hii Majesty's ship Alfred, and Owen Glendoiver, the foimer to Ca4s,ind Bay, and the latter-to the Sou u J. Sailed his Maje,ty's ship Zenohiq on a cruize ; and a small convoy to the -Weilw.ird.' PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. :3.—Came iii yesterday his Ntajesty'S ship Venerable, S rtiomc POriiAm, from the coast of .Sdain ; s,4e has been fifteen days from CO:'UlTha, and has brought in with her a small 'prize; but we cannot ILai n that she brings any news of .lin p,) lance. , .Yesterday bejng the aniversary of hi 4 Majesty's Coronation, - the sane was obsert ed. here $.4 ith the usual teremobies. The Dragon- is shortly expeeled here from Ply mouth to take out Sir F. LAFOREY to a command in the West Indies. . His Majesty's ship Vestal ; Capt. HOUSTON, has sailed to the Downs, and the Mercury to Cork, to take.troops on board for Lisbon. Sailed yesterday his Majesty's ship Northumber land for the. Chaonel fleet, and the 'Thracian on a cruize. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship Cognette from a cruize. and hi , s..Majesty's ships Donegal and Re venge from a cruize ott Cherbourg. • Several detachments are exp.2cied to match in here the beggining of the week to etnaark for Lisbon and Heligoland. Arrived this day his Majesty's ship Stork from the West Indies; ,the Kingston (transport) froM Mcdta ; the Severn, GATE . 4toosE, ' from Watellotcli the Champion, Fuze, !roll► PiymOuth ; and the BANDLL, from Liverpool. Tins day sailed his Majesty's ship Hon on a et uize. ISLANDS OF SCILLY, SEPT. t B.—Arrived here the schoot.er. Duras ot London, THOMAS BLAcKst.t.k;, master, twirl Sig era Leune, I.,den wittt ivory, bees wax, palm-oil, &c.. on the I t tit Instant she en con.,tered it very severe gale ot wind, lust a boy, and sprung her top-mast. Came in from a cruize his Mje,cy's brig Helicon, Captain, HOPKINS. Arrived file S _now; GEORGE WALKER., from Rio slimier° bound to London, laden with eutfe,e, Colton, hides, etc.. DEAL, SEPT. o.—Artived the Veaal from the We4tward. _. The Theban frigate has detained a.id sent into the Downs the American. schooner Hope, CAIIDY, from Teneritre : on ha arrival she was put under iti4- antine. • -~-- PREYCH "lAD DUTCH PAPERS. PARIi, SEPT. iO.-Ott the 4th inst. his Majelty issued aDeciee,.hy which the expOrtaiion of ifrenci, silks continues to be prohibited. The law ut the 30th April, perinit!iog' the exports►tiou of cer ail, kind; .of silk, suspended. unlit the Ist Isll. _ 'An Imperial Decree of the 28th ult. contains the fallowing provision,. : " t.' Vessels sailing with licenses are expressly prohib,ted from takiugon board passengers for England, or-bringing back with them passengers truin England to France,. untrss pro vided 'with passports signed' with our hand. " z. Every passern k er wood on board any licensed vessel,, going to or cooling from England, without a passport signed by us, shall be taken into custody. " 3. Every vessel contravening the present Order shall be put under sequestration on - her arrival, and reported to us. (Signed) " N.kPOLEON.!t • PARIS, SRE't. T. ibunal of Verdun have just condemned four individuals to „t wo, , three, and six months imprisonment . , and 987 franc's pe ,.alty, for having favoured - the escape of Engh.stipri soners. • . . . FiVe marriages between Englishmeits and 'Ffenelt ladies have been. celebrated'at'Verdun during the last three weeks. • • Their Majesties took an airing in a phaeton'at St. Cloud yesterday. Tfiere were all sorts of sports. The phaetOn went slowly, and thew was net the least dcsorder at the fete. • • VIENNA, AUG. 27.—We have at:lengrh received advices from Turkey that may be telieLl on.—The, left wing -Of the Russian army, under the corritoand of Lieut. General Von Sass, is still entrusted with the blockade and bombardment of Ruch:chuck ;. tor the Russians have not yet thought .propet to.besiege the .phce in form. The General in chief, ic..amens koy, wishing to get possinsion ot- the tOrtress to se cure his positions on the banks of the D forced -the blockading corps wish from 8 to 10,000 men from his - main army, and proceeded in person to storm, the place which the Turkish commandant refused to surrender. In repeated assaul , s, all of which proved 'unsuccessful, the Russians lime log from 5 to 6000 men ;, 'the loss of. the Turks was less considerable.. The - Russians, nevertheless, have nut sustained such a defeat 'as to compel t hem - to r4ise the blockade.; •on the contrary, they -have invested Rudschnck,rnore claSely than before. • Tire General in Chief was sil' in- front of. the place, la filch had not surrendered on the 13th, but Has in great .want of provisions and•military COPENHAGEN; AUG. 23.—The Court Gazette of this day contains, the following article : 77 -• A Decree of the '9th inst. contains the following dispositions " The line which, beginning at our town of Neustadt, in our I)-uchy of Holstein, passes through Ahrensbak and Sege berg, thence to 0 Idesloe, U lzDurg, and Ratinster, eziti thence passing through the fortress and city Of Gluckstadt, foilows the curse of the Elbe to Brunsbuttel,' and thence extends to : El usual, shall be co - nsidered, until furt;ier orders, as a spe cial line of t Liston's, beyond which no prolluttions other than those of Europe, can be exported by land or water." . ale only . exception to this• general' enaelment with regard to ine.ohandize, relates to refined sugars, 'molasses, and other fort:ign articles absolutely neces sary tor the retail tride, domestic consuMption, or the use of manufactories in the Danish territory sitcaie beyond the line above described. .The,regu 'Am's renthred.necessary by this exception - are un der the superintendence. of a speCial commission. Ot the probibqed articles, no retail dealer •is allowed more than a six month's stock ; but private families are allowed tiduble that quantity. The excess is or dered to be conveyed within the line in •the space of three weeks, under the , penziliy of copfiscation. The town of Altotia remains a privileged place as to the 'goods in depot, but.the exportation from it is. sub .ieLted to the same restrittinns. , For all Danish v sels• navigating the Elbe, bond's are required to the amount of one-fourth of the value of sbliand cargo. OLD BIJILEY, SEPT. 21. FOURTH DAY.-.SATURDAY, SEPT. 22. , CHARGE OF, MURDER. . . Richard Grijfiit wWs in d icted fur the murder of Ann his wife. 'Tile murder was committed on the sth instant, at his lodgings, Onslow-street, Safrron= , Hill. The first witnesses'called were Griffin's brother and his Wife, who.were both in' the room at the time ; but, though called on their recognizances, from some unaccountable cause they did not ap pear.—The cause then proceeded : " • • Mr. Watkins, a Lir-dresser, heard the cry of ". murder" at about half past twelve.; he got up and ran down' to the watchman, with whom he pro ceeded to. the house ; • tltey Went into the prisOner's room, where • they. saw 'Thomas Griffin (the pri soner's brother) and his wife., and on the bed the deceased, coveled with blood. Griffin went for medical aid ; Dr. Skinner came, he, found the poor woman mortally wounded, her throat being.cut, arid . the A , ind-pipd divided. He ordered her immedi ately to be conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but she 'died on the road. The prisoner was ap prehended, and conveyed, first to the watch=house, and thence to New. Prison, Cierkenwell. He heard the prisoner say, he hoped site would be dead by the morning." Winterboitom, a watchman, corroborated the preceding. - He apprehended' Giliiin, and on asking him how he could commit so rash an adt, he replied, " What, r hive done I am not soak for ; if she is a dead woman, I shall be a happy Win. Fa!liner, a carpenter, went to the assistance of the deceased ; he found her on the bed, supported by two persons ; the Doctor ordered her-to be laid down, as nothing could be done for her. She was sensible ; he asked her. if her husband had thus used tier. She nodded her head twice, as well as she .was abl e : on repeating the question, she did the same again. He then asked her what it was done'witli? She pointed towards the foot tit the bed, where he , found the bloody raz,l-, which he produced in Court, the handle. of which had the word " ,Griffin" marked on it. He asked her, was it with this ? she nodded as before. He then ques tinned her as to having lain violent hands on her sell; but she shorok her head twice. She retained her senses no longer, and in ten 'minutes after she expired on her way to the h6spital. . Dr. Skinner i?escrilie . ii the situation in which he f and the deceased : . she was sinking fait from the ;O'S of blood, awl I , e `ordered tehiqval to the h Ivlhunglit she lizid better die there hat] in a filthy rutin). The tause of her 'death was manifest. Charles Cook, a constable, gave the same desc-ip tion of the deceased • as, the preceding w itness.— When in I he, watch : llo6o, lw said to the'ptisorier, " You have clone a pretty thing." Griffin'; reply; was, " Don't talk to me here ; I shad be talked to in another peace." His hands were not blobdy, neither was there any blood, about pitzt. He took him to New Prison, mid on the way the prisoner, ,speaking of his wife, said, she had been out a:I night, and that himself, his brother, and his bro ther's wife, had been in search of her. The}' found her in a liquor-shop, where tkey had some gin to gether, and four or live - pots of beer; lc was late when they reached home. Griffin,, addressing the witness still further, said, " Damn it, ou know me very well ; let us drink ' together." - Witness de clined,.said it was a bad job ; prisoner answered, I hope she is dead, and. then I should not mind being hanged to-morrow morning, as I should die a happy man. How shOuld you•like your wife to go with another man ?" Witness replied, ," .Not at all." Prisoner said his Wife had told him she had been with Jim, who will come and gi'e him a gOolii wapping. The witness wag .crOss-exmnined by Mr. ALLEY, but nothing came , out' to affect the evidence against the prisoner. • . hotnas Bradoer, watch-house-keeper of St. An drews, put the same quc..mions t., the priSonei, and received exadiythe &line kind of answers. Ta the next witne%s, Thonna4 Southgate, officer of the night, the prisoner said, the only, fear h had was that he had not doL.e it etiec3ually ; if he hal# he should die with pleasute. To Henry Coats, another constabk, the prisonet said, " I aw very happy, upon My soul ; Would arir of you like to hate another nun I,ronOt uAtr yOur nOse ?" The prisoner being called.on for.his defence, said he had-neen drinking ; that he d;cl not know what he did, and hoped he was not guilty. , Three witnesses Were called to the prisoner's cha raoer, who st:ltcd Urn Jo be a remlik,,biy good-- natured, indn§trio•os, inoffenske MD. 01 his wile , they spoke i n ot he r terms.. The Learned Judge now summed up.—Gentle- ,- men (said he) this is . a most distressing and one which will require your. most, serious att,:nihm and particularly so from the absence of the two most material witnesses, the brother and sister of the pri soner, who wete both in the room when the of fence was comaiitted - with - which this man-stands charged.. It does not appear that th e i r most extra or,;inary absence is in any degtee,imputable to the prisoner. From their absence, therefUre, the weight of the evidence rests not-.on the best, but ( n the second proof.. The prisoner, so far from.re uying • the charge, has throughout the whole ,ex pressed the most earnest wishes for the.comi.:etion of the crime ; and indeed it is in' a_great degree sub stantiated by those dying nods of the deceased whicla have been described to yob; - Getiileiliel); - the ci:arge of infidelity is no justification for the con-tri,sion of murder. Had the de, eased-been detreed in an illi cit amour by her husband, and he had killed eni.er of them inuediately, that would only have amount ed to manslaughter; . or if an affray had taken place, it might have been the same; tint here vod haVe nothing of the kind. Happy 'should I haVe been, Gentlemen, had the brother and sister of the un fortunate than at been ihi day befbre you ; your minds would have experienced.great relief had that,. been 'the case, because they' were eye •wit- , •. nesses. I shall leave the case in.your -hands, -well knowing I cannot commit it to better. We leel much regret that'our 'limits will not per mit us to present ourßeaders more than the above sketch of the •;Learned Baron's . .most excell,ent charge ; it %%ill long be remembered by those who heard it—to It;inslf it will prove an additional ho n Our. When he had concluded, the Jury 'retired, and after more than six hours consultation, returned a verclia--Marislaughter. The ease of George Curran,l very genteel young. man, employed at the . Post-Office, charged with stealing a letter, containing ten 101. Bank of Eng land notes,• occupied the time of the Court to a late hoar. The cause was tried by Mr. Justice BAILEY. There were two counts in the indittment, and the prisoner pleading guilty to one of them; the-Case turned on a point of law, , by which his life was saved., The letter and property were recovered. On Tuesday the Boston Mail-Coach was over turned in Northborough,. a village between Peter borough and Deeping, owing to the horses taking fright at an• ass laden with a pair Of panniers : two passengers, husband and wife, who had paid inside fare, but preferred riding on the roof 01 :he coach, were dreadfully hurt by the accident—the former had a thigh and his collar-bone broken, and his tongue nearly severed in two ; the female was 'dangerously bruised. The guard had an ands broken. The grapes on the celebrated vine_,at Hampton Cotiri Palace are now ripe ; it contain, this year, 2138 bunches. The annual produce of this Asto nishing•vihe is worth about 4001:. " Their IVIA - aes.: TIES' tAbit will be ,forthwith supplied with theca; their table is only without grapes•during the months of January and February. • SMITHFIELD MARKET, „FP?. 24. This day's Market was well supvied with prim'. Beasts, and the shoW of Cattle in other respects wai plentiful ; Beef, Mutton ? Veal, and Pork; sold at last prices ; Lamb is cheaper ; and the trade in general was pretty good.—The sales in the Hay Market were somewhat considerable ; Straw fetch ec,l a better price than ffrid,iy's 111:rket 'flay al , d Clover have fallen in price. —We annex a currect statement of the priCes and numbers : • To sink the otEil per stone of Elb. Beef 4s. Bd. to Ss. 4d. Mutton 4s. Bd. to ss. Sd. Veal Ss. od. to 7s. od. Pork Ss. od. to 75. ad. Lamb 45. Bd. to od. Beasts 3000. Sheep and LarAs 19,400. Calves 304. Pip 210. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET. Hay 61. os. od. to 91. os. od. Straw 2i. los. od. to jl. tzsrod. Clover 61. sos. cd, to 101. os. od. - 1 ,